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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

La Croix Verte

Have you also wondered why ALL pharmacies in Paris are green/verte? Have you too found taking pictures of them addictive? M. says they are green after La CroixVerte during World War I - assistents to la Croix Rouge. I used to always find chic reading glasses at this rue du Four pharmacie 75006. Along with the plethora of boulangeries on every other street corner are the pharmacies. Parisiens are well provided for...Of course most of the products are in matching greens, even hair stuff..

Parfait!!! ... Now you have answered at least one question I had ... if my reading glasses break, then I WILL be able to find new ones LOL! Yay !!Merci, encore, for a lovely post !Checking out your Etsy:)))Hope you are feeling better SOON!!

It's obvious that the French health insurance participates to inecrese the number of pharmacies! It seems however that times are getting tougher also for the pharmacies ... and some will disappear. Anyhow, when I compare to may native country where there is about one pharmacy for every 250 000 inhabitants ... and colour-less!

I can't say I even noticed the pharmacy greens when I was in Paris, but this post did bring back a memory for me: a very nice pharmacist helped my companion discern what was bothering her eye. It turned out to be her contact, which she had thought lost. It hadn't fallen out but had rolled toward the back of her eye. We were grateful for Parisian pharmacies that day.

This is a familiar sight to see and yes there are loads of them. I have heard it said that the French can be a tad on they hypocondriac side. ( no offence intended)Perhaps this is why. I know where to go if i need a band aid for my blisters :)

I love my pharmacie on Rue Vavin! Whenever I visit Paris, I always visit there once or twice...a great place to purchase my Caudalie cologne spritzer and hand lotion, not to mention the luxurious Darphin skincare line!

I love the green cross! I'd forgotten about it after our first trip to Paris, but loved it all over again on our second visit last year. It makes it so easy to glance down the street and find the chemist. So practical, and still so pretty.

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